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Program for High-Risk Seniors Offers Dose of Hope During Pandemic

April 15, 2021

Program for High-Risk Seniors Offers Dose of Hope During Pandemic UC San Diego Health’s Population Health Services Organization helps senior patients navigate the COVID-19 vaccination process Sitting in a wheelchair inside her modest Logan Heights home, Brenda Tanoi, 68, reflects on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted her family over…

First in the Nation: All San Diego Hospitals Now Accredited for Geriatric Emergency Care

August 18, 2022

…transferred to the hospital’s Senior Emergency Care Unit (SECU) on the second night for additional observation. Housed within the Gary and Mary West Emergency Department at Jacobs Medical Center, the SECU opened in 2019 and was California’s first unit of its kind dedicated to the emergency care of senior adults.…

Learning From Our Elders With a Twist (and Shout)

March 22, 2018

…brings together generations at ‘Senior Prom’ and more Queen Marie and King John at “Senior Prom,” hosted by UC San Diego Life Course Scholars at Serving Seniors’ downtown center. Photos by Erika Johnson/UC San Diego Publications Music blasted and streamers sparkled as a roomful of partyers turned to watch their…

Wellness Project Serves as Lifeline to Senior Adults During COVID-19 Pandemic

May 21, 2020

…Serves as Lifeline to Senior Adults During COVID-19 Pandemic UC San Diego Health team develops program to connect with high-risk older patients sheltering in place, often alone While many people are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic by sheltering at home with family, some must cope alone. Daily tasks like grocery…

UC San Diego to Host Its First National Think Tank on Aging Issues Nov. 14-16

November 13, 2014

…Medicine campus. Jeste is senior associate dean for healthy aging and senior care (the university’s first) and director of the newly established Center for Healthy Aging and Senior Care, both announced earlier this year. UC San Diego will host its first national think tank on aging issues Nov. 14-16, with…

Preuss Class of 2012 Celebrates Achievements and Accolades

June 22, 2012

…of research, longer-than-average school days and lengthy commutes, graduating senior Sharon Vongvanith will celebrate the culmination of seven years of hard work during The Preuss School UCSD commencement ceremony on June 29. And she won’t be alone—89 other bright and ambitious seniors will celebrate with her as well.

Medicare is Overpaying for Generic Drugs

December 5, 2023

Researchers from the University of California San Diego, West Health, and the University of Washington have found evidence that the private insurers that sponsor Medicare Part D are artificially inflating the costs of certain generic drugs by overpaying pharmacies.

Graduating Seniors Looking Forward to Bright Future

June 5, 2012

Graduating Seniors Looking Forward to Bright Future Nicole Metildi, Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications As UC San Diego’s class of 2012 reflects on their accomplishments approaching graduation, many also are looking forward to bright futures as they pursue careers, graduate school and community service. “I got the job…

Pilot Project Opens Doors for High Schoolers to Complete College Courses Without Leaving Campus

October 22, 2015

…same course to 35 seniors at Point Loma High School. Reuther’s introductory class on ecology and evolution is part of an innovative pilot program through UC San Diego Extension to offer college courses to select junior and seniors at three area high schools. The aim of the program, which is…

California’s First Accredited Geriatric Emergency Department Arrives in La Jolla

May 16, 2018

The Gary and Mary West Emergency Department at UC San Diego Health in La Jolla has been accredited as a geriatric emergency department by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). The accreditation is the first of its kind and is part of an effort to improve the quality and…

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